Happy New Year

May I wish Birdwords visitors and subscribers a very Happy New Year. Please do have a quick look at the What’s On page to see what is going on. I have an exciting range of field trips running in the early spring, with a few places left on some. Before that, do...

Happy Christmas

A very Happy Christmas to all those visiting this website. May you have a refreshing, healthy and bird-filled 2012. For the latest e-mail update, with trip reports and general information about birding in December, click on Resources.  

A Memorable Encounter Down Under

This post comes from Sydney, Australia, where I am attending my niece’s wedding. Why a communication from here? Well, it happens that I have had an encounter with a particularly special bird, one that is featured in two of my books: 100 Birds to See Before You...

One Show now on Wednesday

Just a quick update for Birdwords followers: My appearance on the One Show is now this WEDNESDAY at 7pm, BBC1. They have changed it at the last minute! Sorry if you read this having already tried to watch. The Scottish trip is over now. We had great views of Golden...

The One Show

This post is just to let you know that I will be on the One Show this coming Monday. It’s an insert filmed in July, when George McGavin and I were looking for moths from a boat. BBC1 7pm Wednesday 9th November. Have a look and tell me what you...

New on this website

If you’re a local birder (to Dorset), you might be interested to keep in touch with the Longham Lakes Blog. I have also been laboriously filling in details of all bird records from Longham Lakes – click on Bird Records Totals and you will see about 50...